Handle for suction cleaner casing



April 1952 L. E. SEGESMAN 2,591,305

HANDLE FOR SUCTION CLEANER CASING Filed Aug. 15, 1946 Far YIIIIIIIIIII"II/III! 1W0 7? f0 7" .Zazzzls ZJqqes/wm? Patented Apr. 1, 1952 HANDLEFOR SUCTION CLEANER CASING Louis E. Segcsman, Canton, Ohio, assignor toThe Hoover Company, North Canton, Ohio, a

corporation of Ohio ApplicationAugust 15, 1946, Serial No. 690,706

2 Claims. (01. 220-494) 1 The present invention relates to suctioncleaners and more particularly to a carrying handle for a suctioncleaner.

An object of the invention is to provide a new and improved suctioncleaner. Another object is to provide an end cap for a suction cleanercasing, the end cap having a handle for carrying the cleaner. A furtherobject is to provide a suction cleaner end cap having a handle recessedtherein for carrying the cleaner. Other objects and advantages of theinvention will be apparent from the following specification and drawingswherein:

Figure 1 is a broken longitudinal section of the cleaner;

Figure 2 is a bottom plane view of the handle in the front end cap; and

Figure 3 is a section of a modified handle in the cleaner front end cap.

The embodiment of the invention disclosed in Figures 1 and 2 comprises acasing I closed at its exhaust end by a cap I I having an outlet port l2adapted to receive the cleaner end of an unshown dusting tool hoseprovided at its opposite end with a surface-cleaning tool in a mannerwell known in the art. The end surface I3 of the cap extends normal tothe longitudinal axis of the casing l0 so that the latter may be storedin a vertical upended position by placing the end cap II on a supportingsurface.

The suction end of the casing I0 is closed by a removable end cap I4provided with an inlet port I5 adapted to receive the cleaner end of adusting tool unit in the same manner as port I 2. The end cap I4 isremovably attached to the casing III by being provided at its lower endwith a protruding lip l6 which seats within a pocket I1 formed at theend of a bracket l8 mounted on the fiat bottom wall I9 of the casing ID.A latch '20 is mounted on the top of the easing l0 and cooperates withthe end cap M to force it against the end wall 2| of the casing I0, anda seal 22 prevents leakage of air therebetween.

Within the casing l0 adjacent the rear end cap H is a motor 23 fordriving suction-creating fans disposed in a fan chamber 24. Between thefan chamber 24 and the front end cap I4 is a filter bag 25 having aclosed end wall 28 and an open end which is secured to a circular flange21, the latter defining the inlet to the bag 25. The casing II] isslidably supported in horizontal position for its surface-cleaningoperation by a pair of skids 28 attached to the casing H].

A carrying handle 30 is provided in the front 2 end cap |4 and includesa recess 3| formed in the flat bottom portion 32 of the side wall '33 ofthe end cap I4, and the front wall 34 of the end cap 14 forms part ofthe recess 3|." The recessed handle 30 is spaced from the supportingsurface by the skids 28 to permit the operator to insert his handbetween the end cap l4 and the supporting surface to grasp the front endcap M to lift the cleaner and carry the latter from place to place.

When the cleaner is in its storage position the longitudinal axis of thecasing is vertical and the rear end cap rests upon the supportingsurface with the handle 30 spaced upwardly from the supporting surfaceat a convenient height for the operator to grasp the handle. In carryingthe cleaner the operator places his fingers in the recess 3| and graspsthe handle 30 in the front end cap I4, and in placing the cleaner on itsskids 28 there is provided sumcient space between the end cap l4 and thesupporting surface for the operator to remove his hand from the recess 3I.

Figure 3 discloses a modified handle 40 in a front end cap 4| which isattached to the casing ID in the same manner as the end cap M. Thehandle 40 is recessed at 42 into the end cap 4| by an arcuate member 43and the entrance 44 to the recess 42 is in the front wall 45 0f the endcap 4| and is spaced upwardly from the lower wall 46 of the end cap.

In use the operator places his fingers in the recess 42 and his thumbabout the front wall 45 and bottom wall 46 whereby the cleaner can becarried from place to place. The position of the recess 42 with respectto the supporting skids 28 provides sufiicient space between the cleanerend cap 4| and the skid-supporting surface for the operator to inserthis hand to grasp the handle.

I claim:

1. In a suction cleaner, a casing having an opening at one end, a capremovably attached to said casing one end for access to the interior ofsaid casing through said opening, spaced supporting skids on said casingprojecting outwardly beyond the bottom surface of said casing and thebottom surface of said cap for engagement with the floorcovering tospace said bottom surfaces of said casing and cap above the floorcovering, and a handle in said cap and comprising wall means defining arecess extending radially inwardly from the periphery of said cap andhaving its entrance disposed in said bottom surface of said cap betweenthe limits defined by said spaced supportingskids, whereby the latterwhen resting on the floor covering at all times positions said entranceto said handle toward the floor covering for inserting the operator'shand into said handle.

2. In a suction cleaner, a casing having an opening at one end, a capremovably attached to said casing one end for access to the interior ofsaid casing through said opening, spaced supporting skids on said casingprojecting outwardly beyond the bottom surface of said casing and thebottom surface of said cap for engagement with the floor covering tospace said bottom surfaces of said casing and said cap above the floorcovering, and a handle in said cap and comprising wall means defining arecess extending radially inwardly from the periphery of said cap andadjacent to the exposed end wall of said cap for the reception of theoperators fingers in said recess and thumb on said end Wall of said cap,said recess having its entrance disposed in the bottom surface of saidcap between the limits defined by said spaced supporting skids,wherebythe latter when resting on the floor covering at all times positionssaid entrance to said handle toward the wall.

LOUIS E. SEGESMAN.

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